Combination-undergarment.



PATENTBD FEB. '7, 1905.

L. J. CRITGHEB.. COMBINATION UNDERGARMBNT.

APPLIOATIGN FILED SEPT. 3, 1902.

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No. 781,635. PATBNTED PEB. 7, 1905. 'l

L. J. CRITCHER.

COMBINATION UNDERGARMENT. i

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. a, 1902.

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Patented February '7, 1905.

FFICE.

LEONA J'. ORITOHER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

COMBINATION-UNDERGAFHVIENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,635, dated February '7, 1905. appears@ fiiai september 3, 1902. semi No. 121,954.

To (LIZ 1071,0711, it may concern:

Be it known that LLI-:ONA J. Ourrounn, a citii/.en of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Combination-Undergarment, of which the'following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

'lhis invention relates to nether garments, and has Vfor its object the production of a combination-undergarment for ladies use consisting of two complete articles, skirt and drawers, so combined and arranged with relation to each other that while each articleis in itself complete,yet each article forms a part of the other, the combination-undergarmcnt avoiding' fullness around the waist and yet giving ample fullness about the hips and around the legs. By the particular arrangement hereinafter described the garment is ad# instable to figures of .widely-varying waist measure and also to stout and slender ligures, setting' perfectly and drapinggracefully equally well on all figures.

In accomplishing the above results and attaining' other desirable qualities, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination, and arrang'ement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

ln the accompanying' drawing's, Figure l is a front perspective view of a combination-undergarment made in accordance with the present invention and shown applied to the figure. Fig. '2 is a front elevation of the same opened and extended, showing one of the d rawers-legs turned up. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same spread out, showing one drawers-leg opened at the inside seam and thrown back. Fig'. is a horizontal section throug'h the garment on the line a -L of Fig. l. Fig'. 5 is asimilar section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig'. 1.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all figures of the drawings.

The combination undergarment contemplated iu this invention embodies three main pieces which for convenience of description may be termed the body or skirt piece and the drawers-leg pieces,77 the latter constituting-essential portions of the drawers. The combined skirt and drawers comprise a skirt having secured thereto upon its inner face upon each of the opposite sides thereofl a drawers-leg consisting' of two wing portions extending' from the upper edge of the skirt to the bottom thereof at a suitable distance apart, each wing being gered at the top to form an opening Yfrom the waist to the crotch and united together from thc crotch to the bottom of the skirt, whereby the drawers-leg upon each side of the skirt comprises for its outer wall that portion of the skirt extending between the two wings.

' The skirt or body piece (indicated at 1) when lirst cut out and laid (lat is in the form of the segment of a circle or disk and is preferably made nearly equal to a complete circle, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby giving' the requisite fullness about the hips when the garment is made up. The outer or longer cm'ved edge 2 forms the bottom of the body of the skirt and drawers, the inner or shorter curved edge `forms the top or waist-line of the skirt, and the short curved and divergent edges 4; mark the inside seams of the drawers-legs of the garment, while the edges 5, which are subsequently faced, as shown at 6, form the front flap or fly of the drawers, the latter, as well as the skirt, being open at the front similar to ladies drawers now in use. The upper and shorter edge 3 is faced, as at T, coextensive with the length thereof and by preference provided with tie-strings or a tape 8 run through the facing', so that the front edg'e portions of the garment may be lapped by each other to any desired extent to adapt the g'arment to varying waist measurements. To the long'er bottom edge 2 is attached the trimming 9, which may be of any suitable or desired design, said .trimming extending also around the bottoms of the drawers-legs, as shown.

The drawers-leg' pieces 10 are counterparts of each other, each being substantially triang'ular in shape with one of the lower ang'les cut off on the line' ll to correspond in length and curvature with the adjoining' edge 4: of the skirt-piece, the edges 4 and l1 being lioined to Vform the inside seam of the leg portion of the drawers. One of the longer side edges,

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lirmly to the waistband 7 and, in fact, constitutes a stay for the leg of the drawers in that by means of said extended stay portion or piece the drawers-leg is supported directly from and by the waistband. Another very important feature 'resides in the fact that the side edges 1.2 and 14 of the leg-*piece are crossed intermediate of their ends, thereby causing the outer side of the leg and stay- `pieceto lie against the inner side of the skirt or body piece of the garment.

By the construction described no fullness around the Vwaist is necessary to adapt the garmentto large and small figures, the garment readily adapting itself to a woman with large hips as one having' a slender ligure. Another advantage is that the construction described enables the garment to be made to open in the front, and therefore the front portions may be lapped over each other to suit the ligure. It will also be seen that the combination-undergarment will hang, when on the figure, in the form of a graceful Vand well-itting skirt with ample fullness around the bottom, yet requiring no fullness around the waist. The

skirt may also be made fuller around the waist and gathered where attached to the waistband or facing; but this is not'ordinarily desirable or necessary. The body of the garment may also be out from two pieces of material instead of one to better adapt the garment to extra large figures.

The combination-undergarment may of course be trimmed and finished in various ways to suit the wearer, and various changes may be made in the form, proportion, and minor details without departing from `the spirit or sacrilicing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

r1`he herein-described combined skirt'and drawers comprising a skirt' and wings'secured to the inner face thereof extending fromtop to bottom of the skirt and forming portions of the drawers-legs, each drawer'slleg 'consisting of one wing and the adjacent side edge portion of the skirt, each wing being v'gered at the top to form an opening from the waist to the crotch and united to the extreme side edge of the skirt from the crotch to the skirt bottom, the forward edges of the drawers forming the front of the skirtfand 'being adapted to overlap each other.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignatu `re in presence of two witnesses.

LEONA J. CRITCHER.

Witnesses:

E. P. CRITCHER, BENJ. H. PLATT. 

